Network security Flashcards
(6 cards)
Malware
Software that is especially designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to computer system
Phishing
An attack Sends an fraudulent message designed to trick a human victim into revealing sensitive information to the attacker or to deploy malicious software on the victims infrastructure like ransom ware
Brute Force attack
A brute force attack is a simple take away the hacker guess is the password
Denial of service
The attacker was born a bunch of bots to flood request a server and the server will collapse and will be easy to hack
Data interception
Data interception is a transmission. A software could be a packet sniffer
SQL injection
A full structured language, computer language designed for executing information from database